Apps for a group trip

Awayfolk: from everyone’s ideas to one plan

Core planning is free for the whole group: shared ideas, an itinerary, destination and date polls, packing, bookings and expenses. Friends join by invitation and sign in with Google or email. For example, save a Copenhagen restaurant in Ideas, invite a friend to add an activity, then put the chosen ideas on Saturday.

Optional Claude and ChatGPT connections can save suggestions into the same trip. AI services have their own plans and limits. Awayfolk is a web app; it records expenses and repayments but does not transfer money, and balances remain separate by currency.

Wanderlog: collaborative itinerary planning

Wanderlog’s free plan includes collaborative trip planning, places on a map and budget tools. Its official help centre separates these features from Pro, which includes offline access. It is worth comparing when your group wants a detailed itinerary across web and mobile.

Check the current Pro offer if offline access matters.

Stippl: a route and a travel journal

Stippl brings itinerary planning, budgeting, packing and a travel journal together. Its website offers collaborative planning alongside AI itinerary tools. Compare its current free and paid allowances before choosing it for a trip that depends on AI-generated plans.

Lambus: planning and group chat

Lambus combines waypoints, travel documents, expenses and group chat, with web and mobile access. Its website also offers an AI connector. Compare the free app with the current PRO features if you need advanced tools; follow the provider’s current terms rather than assuming every feature is free.

Troupe by Yuzool: an iCloud group

This Troupe is Yuzool’s iPhone and iPad planner, shared through iCloud. It includes itinerary, expenses and packing. The developer lists one active trip for up to four people on the free plan; larger groups need the organiser’s Pro upgrade.

Check that everyone can use the required Apple devices.

TripIt: organise booking confirmations

TripIt turns forwarded confirmation emails into itineraries and offers a free plan. It is useful when the main task is keeping existing reservations together. Compare it with a collaborative planner if your group is still collecting ideas and deciding what to do.

Polarsteps: plan, track and relive a route

Polarsteps presents planning, route tracking and travel journals as its main tools. It is worth exploring for a journey you want to document and share. Check its current collaboration features against how your group wants to edit the plan before committing.

Splitwise and Tricount: shared expenses

Both focus on tracking shared expenses and balances. Splitwise offers free apps and paid Pro features; Tricount currently describes its service as free, without ads or expense limits. These are useful comparisons when money is the main need.

They do not replace your group’s decision about where to keep the travel plan.

Try one real plan together

Before moving every booking, invite one friend and ask them to add one idea. Put it on a day and record one shared expense. If both of you can find and change the plan on your own phones, you have a useful starting point.

Keep the group’s planning in one place.